No comic book fantasy: Professor X readies the super-human car

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) could prove a step change in road safety and social equality. The idea of shared robotaxi fleets shuttling individuals wherever they want to go, with no chance of human error along the way, is attractive in itself. But what if these journeys didn’t even entail a fee—no minimum fare, no driver tip, no subscription. It is a compelling vision, and one that Chinese start-up AutoX has devoted itself to realising.